Remember kids... always wear a helmet. (The almighty bikeradar helmet thread)

I can imagine. I was speaking to a physio friend of mine who specializes in children who have had head and spinal injuries. He informs me that the single biggest cause of these injuries are trampolines. As far as I am aware there is not a compulsory helmet law when using one of these.
While I sympathize with Andrew Green and his sons condition, at the end of the day, it's just bad luck.

Trampolines?! I'll remember that when I next get in to a discussion about helmets and safety!

Interesting that cycling injuries account for a small proportion of Headway clients, Charlie.

Doesn't he know that if you're cycling with a helmet, that you're not wearing, you look like a helmet.

His bike is safe because it is wearing a helmet.

the hi-viz sash cancels out the helmet on the handlebars, duh.

Maybe he got confused when someone he needs to connect with the Sam Brown[e] generation.

Stop.

i pass a guy in my van now and then on a very busy b road. he rides a hybrid.
he wears a black coat with hood up.
no lights no fluo stuff,i would,nt like to cycle on that road with all the safety gear in the world.
of course one could say cyclists have the same priority as pedestrians according to the high way code.i just hope he will be ok.

Funny user name for someone complaining about someone wearing black...

(In the helmet thread? There is a "get some lights" thread, it would make more sense there)

^^ yet somehow you still managed to see him. It's a Christams miracle!

http://the-mouth.co.uk/cyclist-does-the-right-thing/

the-mouth.co.uk/cyclist-does-the-right-thing/

comments deliver as usual

http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/police-pour-cold-water-on-groups-helmet-free-cycli/2365397/

Snr Sgt George conceded there was a non-formist culture in Byron Bay among both locals and tourists that added to riders going helmet-free.

I like the idea of being non-formist by not wearing a helmet
I may even wear a non-formist helmet. They look cool

So these are.... "different"

Apparently Philippe Starck is bored of pissing about with kitchen implements and has teamed up with Giro to actually make and sell these.

Do they have a HUD?

what's up with the see-through, adjustable back-of-the-neck guard?

I guess it's so people can see your hipster tats?

Oh I thought the clear bit was the front of the helmet (a visor?)

A suitable thread for something to go over your head.

Oh I thought the clear bit was the front of the helmet (a visor?)

^This. I'd like to see even the scrawniest of hipsters get their neck through that gap if that's the back.

It is. I think he was joking.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-29009489

"Mr Smith, a paramedic, is campaigning for a law to force cyclists to wear helmets. The teenager was not wearing a bike helmet when he collided with a van while cycling to work."

Victim blaming much? all the reporting around it is about how "he didn't want to wear a helmet because it might ruin his hair." What about the van that he collided with, would he has miraculously swerved to avoid a collision if he was wearing a magical helmet?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-29009489

"Mr Smith, a paramedic, is campaigning for a law to force cyclists to wear helmets. The teenager was not wearing a bike helmet when he collided with a van while cycling to work."

Victim blaming much? all the reporting around it is about how "he didn't want to wear a helmet because it might ruin his hair." What about the van that he collided with, would he have miraculously swerved to avoid a collision if he was wearing a magical helmet?

It's just uninformed bollocks but easily to see how the lay person thinks a helmet is magic protection - of course the helmet lobby are happy to sell it as such.

If they had to advertise "stupid hat, unproven to reduce your chance of being squished by a tipper" they wouldn't sell hardly so many.

He's a hypocritical wanker too - he claims on his Facebook page that he's not campaigning to make helmets compulsory, so won't enter into a debate on the merits of making them compulsory. And if you disagree with him, your post gets deleted and you get called a troll.